Top 70 Supriya Pathak Quotes

I am very happy as a mother-in-law. I have a lovely daughter-in-law.

I must agree with the role. As actors, we influence people.

Whenever I see a film or read a book, the only thing which keeps me alive is acting and the fact that I will be offered a good role and I would be able to perform it. That is all that life means to me.

For older actresses, the story is still the same. They are either subservient wives taking care of their husbands – like that typical age-old character of a woman, who serves her husband a hot cup of tea as soon as he comes home; or they are mothers dependent on their sons.

I heard a lot of very good things about Sanjay Leela Bhansali from my mother when she worked with him in Devdas. I also love the films that he makes so I was very excited when I was offered ‘Ram-Leela.’

In fact I watch Netflix these days for something light.

My sister is a very good actress and when we are working together, we become our characters. We are not sisters then.

I enjoy working very much, I am not choosy.

My parents were both very social and would have parties at home all the time.

There is so much of stress in our day to day life and Hansa is stress buster. So yes! I miss playing Hansa and she will always be close to my heart.

Being in the profession of acting, we would like our work to be watched by people. That’s the reason why we work and if it is not seen, it is upsetting.

Though my mother gave me the first break, I didn’t want to become an actor. I wanted to dance.

I want to be able to give ample time to my children and my home.

I gauge if I can create a different a woman. But sometimes, you feel the character isn’t given enough space to perform.

I love growing old and if I get good work playing women of my age and talk about their issues and lives, I am happiest doing that.

I feel Hansa is an evergreen character which has been a sheer pleasure to perform.

You achieve only as much you are destined to.

I was keen to become a dancer and was studying for it. Somehow, it did not work out and I joined theatre. I do not regret it.

Based on the role’s requirement whether it needs genuine portrayal or going over the top, I understand the whole process and deliver the performance.

I definitely hope and pray everyone has this kind of a married life – contented and happy.

I wanted to give the best to my kids. Thankfully, my husband has done tremendously well for us and I was never stressed to continue working at the cost of neglecting them.

I am itching to play every character.

Earlier, I used to always ask people if they want me to answer as Supriya or Hansa. If they said Hansa, and asked me a question, I would say, I don’t know. That’s because Hansa doesn’t know anything! For me, it was important to reach that state of thing in mind where I don’t question anything.

I didn’t mind the extra weight as a change in myself but I feel I need to reduce it because of my age and before all the aches and pains kick in!

It is great that the industry is open to accepting character roles and moving away from the cliched Bollywood Hindi masala films.

I feel that cinema, if made entertainingly with a certain meaning, reaches out to a lot more people. It makes them aware of issues or things that help people to understand what’s around them.

I was quite old school and religious, keeping all my fasts and would prefer to spend my time in temples.

Things have definitely changed from my times, when there were just no strong roles written for women, I will not deny that.

My daughter told me that she wants to become an actor even before she learnt to speak properly.

Cinema might have it’s share of ups and downs, it can’t go. It is a very major part of everybody’s life. It is a process like going to cinema halls, watching films on the big screen.

I am not familiar with Telugu, Tamil or Malayalam and tend to feel they are foreign languages to me.

My sabbatical from Bollywood was a conscious decision. I was never in the rat race.

I have always wanted to do Gujarati films but I wasn’t offered any good films.

I don’t watch any shows but I have been following international series such as ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ ‘Clue’ and ‘Modern Family.’ I would love to be part of any of these if they are recreated in India.

I feel amused when women in Indian films are unfailingly shown screaming at their kith and kin who are involved in nefarious activities. Please, let’s get real! How can a woman react so dramatically to something that has been happening under her nose ever since her marriage?

And I love making people laugh.

In my free time, I read a lot, watch shows, listen to music, cook, write short stories and spend time with my grandchildren.

Everyone is making the same kind of shows, about underworld and things like that. So I am hoping somebody breaks this trend, else we will again enter the same grind.

TV is a medium that can be used to spread a positive message but people are spreading bogus ideas in people’s minds.

I can’t give 20 days a month to a show.

In fact, I have seen four kinds of weather in a single day.

I know that I play a mother all the time, but different kinds of mother.

Every time I get a role of a mother, I try to find a different area, person or milieu where I can put the mother That’s always exciting.

I have been offered other roles on television but I don’t think I’ll be able to enact those crooked characters.

I don’t like doing too many things at a time.

Once I decide to play a character, I believe in giving my best.

I wasn’t ambitious though I loved acting.

The work pressure in a daily is much. There is no time to etch out characters.

Honestly, I don’t understand this concept of daughter-in-law. For me, she is my daughter as well as her own mother’s daughter.

I’m a very proud mother as Sanah has been getting lots of rave reviews. She has done good work and shown herself as a promising actress.

There was no pressure of working with names like Shashi Kapoor, Rekha, Amrish Puri and A.K. Hangal because I was familiar with all of them, courtesy my mother.

People tell me Especially while we are stressed out, we watch just one episode of ‘Kichdi’ and immediately feel de-stressed.’

When TV came, it was a great medium and then daily soaps came in and ruined the quality of the work we were doing.

I would be ready for any kind of weather changes and carry different kinds of clothing in my car.

Any creative professional lives on high emotions and while others might handle stress of life in a calmer manner, we are sensitive and vulnerable to issues.

Although the need or demand for a lead actor and actress will never fade in the Bollywood film industry, character roles have also become popular and more importantly they are very integral for the script.

My daughter-in-law is like my daughter.

When TV came, it was a very strong medium. It reached out to so many people and it could have made difference but we got into mundaneness of it.

Sometimes, I do think about direction but I haven’t much about it. I don’t know if I want to put my foot in the other boat.

Working with good actors is a pleasure as acting is all about reacting.

I really miss playing Hansa. I just love her.

Being a grandmother is an out-of-the-world feeling.

In all these years, I’ve witnessed how beautifully Hyderabad has grown.

Initially, I was worried about playing Hansa, because Hansa is someone who talks a lot but does nothing. But after I started playing the character, it was such a relief.

I really am fond of my grandchildren.

I didn’t want Sanah to be an actress. I was very concerned.

I think the only thing wrong about our profession is the frustration you go through, when you don’t have work, when you are going up or down. All the time the stress is there.

Give me anything that is chewable, and I will chew on it.

As an artiste, I have learnt a lot from Pankaj and still get amazed at his dedication to give nothing but the very best each and every time.

My mother had always been a working woman and so she would drop me to my mama’s house everyday for the whole day since it was close by.